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DNSB · 01-26-2025, 02:12 PM

Is that sentence not relatively easy to parse?

Sirtel · 01-26-2025, 02:13 PM

Unless you can't read it to the end because your eyes glaze over?

Solitaire1 · 01-26-2025, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Are there not many more obscure superheroes we could discuss?

Could we talk about Mr. Jigsaw*?

*Mr. Jigsaw was an obscure Charlton Comics character who made exactly one appearance. Due to a transporter accident involving his mother when she was pregnant with him (it didn't affect her but affected him), he was born with the ability to separate and control his body parts. At one point he got shot in the stomach and it just blasted a hole in him without harm (he was more upset about the hole in his shirt than that he'd been shot).

Solitaire1 · 01-26-2025, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Is is is not is not not a truism?

What does the above sentence make me very confused?

DNSB · 01-26-2025, 05:09 PM

Did no one else get into discussions about whether "Is is not is not not" is correct when learning about double negatives?

Solitaire1 · 01-26-2025, 07:30 PM

Why use double negatives? Doesn't it confuse the language? Would The Rolling Stones song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" be clearer if it was "I Can't Get Satisfaction"?

Martinoptic · 01-27-2025, 08:09 AM

Shouldn’t that be “I can get satisfaction” - aren’t double negatives a positive?
Except they aren’t are they eg not no how? does anyone else need a lie down?

Sirtel · 01-27-2025, 10:44 AM

Does anyone else feel thoroughly bored by those grammatical intricacies?

Solitaire1 · 01-27-2025, 01:44 PM

How can some one be bored with a fascinating discussion grammar? Would it be better to discuss grandmas instead?

Sirtel · 01-27-2025, 02:09 PM

Surely there are more exciting topics than grammar or grandmas (or obscure superheroes)?

Martinoptic · 01-27-2025, 03:05 PM

Grandma superheroes perhaps?

Sirtel · 01-27-2025, 03:36 PM

Supergrandmas?

Solitaire1 · 01-27-2025, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Supergrandmas?

Aren't The Flash and his wife supergrandparents since they had twins that had children that became superheroes (Impulse/Kid Flash, and Xs)?

DNSB · 01-27-2025, 10:41 PM

Is a single question mark an acceptable post in this thread?

Solitaire1 · 01-28-2025, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Is a single question mark an acceptable post in this thread?

Wouldn't a question mark alone not be an acceptable post since it doesn't actually ask a question?

01-27-2025, 08:09 AM	#16912
Martinoptic Bibliophist Posts: 7,106 Karma: 7173892 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: England Device: none	Shouldn’t that be “I can get satisfaction” - aren’t double negatives a positive? Except they aren’t are they eg not no how? does anyone else need a lie down? Last edited by Martinoptic; 01-27-2025 at 08:11 AM.

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01-26-2025, 02:12 PM	#16906
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,497 Karma: 169115146 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Is that sentence not relatively easy to parse?

01-26-2025, 02:13 PM	#16907
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,550 Karma: 240526511 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Unless you can't read it to the end because your eyes glaze over?

01-26-2025, 05:09 PM	#16910
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,497 Karma: 169115146 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Did no one else get into discussions about whether "Is is not is not not" is correct when learning about double negatives?

01-26-2025, 07:30 PM	#16911
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,933 Karma: 69500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Why use double negatives? Doesn't it confuse the language? Would The Rolling Stones song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" be clearer if it was "I Can't Get Satisfaction"?

01-27-2025, 10:44 AM	#16913
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,550 Karma: 240526511 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Does anyone else feel thoroughly bored by those grammatical intricacies?

01-27-2025, 01:44 PM	#16914
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,933 Karma: 69500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	How can some one be bored with a fascinating discussion grammar? Would it be better to discuss grandmas instead?

01-27-2025, 02:09 PM	#16915
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,550 Karma: 240526511 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Surely there are more exciting topics than grammar or grandmas (or obscure superheroes)?

01-27-2025, 03:05 PM	#16916
Martinoptic Bibliophist Posts: 7,106 Karma: 7173892 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: England Device: none	Grandma superheroes perhaps?

01-27-2025, 03:36 PM	#16917
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,550 Karma: 240526511 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Supergrandmas?

01-27-2025, 10:41 PM	#16919
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,497 Karma: 169115146 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Is a single question mark an acceptable post in this thread?

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